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CHAPTER 142 PART 2
He found the contact and pressed dial. The phone rang twice before connecting."William!" Magnus Devoe's voice came through, warm and friendly. "This is unexpected. How are you? How's Vanessa? We've been wondering when you two would return from—""Your son tried to kill my daughters," William interrupted, his voice like ice.Silence on the other end. Then: "What? William, that's—that's impossible. Chris would never—""Four armed men," William continued relentlessly. "Hired by Christopher. Paid through your family's accounts. With orders to attack my daughters and Pervis Tyler. They used weapons, Magnus. Wooden batons that could have caused serious injury or death.""William, I'm sure there's been some misunderstanding—" Magnus started, but his voice had lost its friendly warmth, replaced by defensive wariness."There's no misunderstanding," William cut him off again. "We have evidence. We have testimony. We have financial records. Your son hired thugs to assault my family because he's
CHAPTER 142 PART 1
William's hand was reaching for the next page of the folder—the page that would finally reveal who had taken their son twenty-five years ago—when his phone suddenly rang, shattering the tense silence of the hotel suite.The sharp ringtone made both William and Vanessa jump. William pulled his hand back from the folder and grabbed his phone, ready to silence whoever was interrupting this crucial moment.But when he saw the caller ID, he froze.Private Investigator - Marcus ReynoldsThis wasn't the same investigator who'd compiled the folder about Pervis's disappearance. This was Marcus Reynolds, the security specialist they'd hired weeks ago to keep tabs on their children back home—to make sure Aria, Cristina, and Grace stayed safe while William and Vanessa were abroad dealing with the painful revelations about their lost son."It's Marcus," William said to Vanessa, his voice tight with sudden concern. "The security investigator."Vanessa's face went pale. "Why would he be calling unle
CHAPTER 141 PART 3
At approximately 11:30 PM, the night staff reported hearing sounds from Pervis's bedroom. When they checked, they assumed he'd finally fallen asleep—there was no movement, no crying, just silence.But Pervis wasn't sleeping. He was gone.Security footage later recovered showed that at 11:47 PM, young Pervis Coleman—four years old, dressed in his pajamas with only a small jacket thrown over them—climbed out his bedroom window using the trellis covered with climbing roses. He landed in the garden and made his way to the estate's perimeter wall.The footage showed him struggling to climb the wall, too small to manage it easily. But eventually, with determination beyond his years, he made it over and disappeared into the night.William felt his throat constricting as he read. Their son—their baby boy—had been so devastated by what had happened, so determined to fix his broken promise, that he'd risked everything to find that dog.The next morning, September 16th, 1999, the Coleman househo
CHAPTER 141 PART 2
September 15th, 1999The day had started normally. Pervis Coleman, then just four years old, had gone to his exclusive preschool as usual, driven by the family's trusted chauffeur, Robert Chen. He'd attended his classes, played with the other children from wealthy families, eaten his organic lunch prepared by the school's chef.But on the way home, something had changed.William and Vanessa read the investigator's reconstruction, based on interviews with witnesses who'd been tracked down after all these years:At approximately 2:30 PM, young Pervis noticed a small dog wandering near the school entrance. The dog was thin, dirty, clearly a stray that had wandered into the upscale neighborhood where the school was located.Pervis, displaying the compassion that would later define his character, insisted on bringing the dog home. Robert Chen, the chauffeur, tried to dissuade him, explaining that Mrs. Coleman likely wouldn't approve of a stray animal in the house.But Pervis was adamant. H
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The manila folder sat on the coffee table between William and Vanessa Coleman, its contents representing twenty-five years of unanswered questions, agonizing searches, and painful uncertainty. The couple stared at it as if it were Pandora's box—knowing that once opened, the truth inside couldn't be put back, couldn't be unlearned, couldn't be avoided."What if..." Vanessa started, her voice barely above a whisper. "What if the truth is worse than we imagined? What if it's someone we know? Someone we trust? Someone we—""Then we deal with it," William interrupted gently, though his own voice was strained. "Whatever's in there, whoever's responsible, we face it together."But even as he said the words, William felt the weight of doubt pressing down on him. For twenty-five years, he'd been the patriarch of the Coleman family—strong, decisive, in control. But this folder had the power to shatter that control, to reveal vulnerabilities he'd spent decades hiding, to expose truths that might
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Vanessa reached over and took his hand, holding it tightly. "He knows now. Aria told him the truth—that we never abandoned him, that we've been searching for him all these years. He knows we wanted him, William. He knows.""But does he believe it?" William asked, looking at his wife with anguished eyes. "After twenty-five years of thinking otherwise? After being raised by someone else, building a life without us? Can he really accept that we're his parents? That we love him?""I don't know," Vanessa admitted, her own eyes filling with tears. "I hope so. But I won't blame him if he can't. If he's too angry, too hurt, too damaged by what happened to—""Don't," William said sharply. "Don't say he's damaged. Our son is strong. Resilient. Look at what Aria's told us about him—working hard, helping others, earning respect through character rather than connections. That's not a damaged person. That's someone who survived and thrived despite everything."Vanessa nodded, wiping at her tears. "
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